There has been no absence of bad news this February. With regional-specific weak snowpacks, there’s heightened awareness. As always, we encourage you to support your local avalanche center. Over the years, some of the resources we have found useful are the official accident reports posted by each respective avalanche center and the avalanche data they…
A Snapshot: Mid-February Avalanche Data from CO and UT
From CAIC Avalanche Explorer Map date range 2-1-24 to 2-20-24.
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This is really interesting data to digest and think about the timing and cause of avalanche problems. I wonder if one could drop general weather data over some of this, to see how different SWE loads and average wind speeds drove changes in avalanche conditions. It would also be interesting to highlight weekends on the avalanche per day graph, where there is a higher number of people recreating in the backcountry. Thanks for posting this!
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